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The best hotels downtown in Alton

Andres Molina

Andres Molina Latin America

Updated 1 September 2026 · 72 Alton hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Alton, out of the 72 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.9961863 down to 4.79.

Guest House 632 Summit Street is the one I would book myself.

Guest House 632 Summit Street

Highest rated of the five

Guest House 632 Summit Street

★★★★★4.9961863 from 472 reviews

Guest House 632 Summit Street comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.9961863 from 472 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.

It is found under downtown.

72 hotels in Alton qualified for this list and five made it. BEALL MANSION An Elegant Bed and Breakfast Inn is the one I would book if the first is full.

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All five, ranked

  1. Guest House 632 Summit Street1

    Guest House 632 Summit Street

    ★★★★★4.9961863 from 472 reviews

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    • BEALL MANSION An Elegant Bed and Breakfast Inn2

      BEALL MANSION An Elegant Bed and Breakfast Inn

      ★★★★★4.8 from 203 reviews

      • Spa
      • Parking
      • Air conditioning

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    • Private Bluff Top Cottage above the Mississippi River3

      Private Bluff Top Cottage above the Mississippi River

      ★★★★★5 from 176 reviews

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      • Green Tree Inn of Elsah4

        Green Tree Inn of Elsah

        ★★★★★5 from 146 reviews

        • Parking
        • Kitchen
        • Air conditioning

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      • 4 bedroom spacious oasis with game room, sleeps 115

        4 bedroom spacious oasis with game room, sleeps 11

        ★★★★★4.79 from 245 reviews

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        How this list was put together

        72 Alton hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating, then on class, and took the top five.

        Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.

        The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.

        What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.

        Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.

        Andres Molina

        Andres Molina Latin America

        Field seasons take him to cloud forests, and he adds two weeks of his own on either end to see the country rather than just the research site. Nine countries in Latin America.

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